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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7159342 | Ball of foot shoe inserts A removable ball of the foot insert for placement into footwear at a position in correspondence with a forefoot portion of the footwear includes a substantially planar member made from a viscoelastic gel, the planar member including a lower surface and an upper surf... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140130 | Insole with a neuroma pad Footwear including an insole formed for relieving pressure on a common digital nerve of a foot. The insole has heel, mid and forefoot sections. The forefoot section of the insole is formed with a pad having a neuroma pad section which underlies the third and fourth ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7062866 | Shoe having a relative wide toe box combined with a footbed to inhibit relative forward foot movement A woman's high-heeled pump wherein the heel portion is relatively narrowed and lengthened to extend along and firmly embrace the entire calcaneus of the wearer. The forward portion of the shoe receives the forward part of the wearer's foot including her toes in a re... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6817112 | Climate configurable sole and shoe Disclosed are articles of footwear and soles therefor, in particular sports shoe soles that include openings for ventilation and vapor exchange. The soles include an insole layer with a plurality of first openings, a support layer with a plurality of second openings... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6681501 | Arch support device An arch support has a periphery shaped to conform to at least part of the periphery of the sole of a wearer's footwear and an upper surface contoured to follow the contours of the sole of a wearer's foot, the upper surface having a heel region extending f... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6282815 | Method of controlling fluid flow transfer in shoes A method and apparatus for sing the flow of fluid through tubes in the sole of shoes. The apparatus includes a pair of fluid filled tubes along the periphery of the sole of the shoe. One tube is connected to cross tubes that provide flow paths and cushion... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6170173 | Method and apparatus for fluid flow transfer in shoes A method and apparatus for transferring the flow of fluid through tubes in the sole of shoes. The apparatus includes a pair of fluid filled tubes along the periphery of the sole of the shoe. One tube is connected to cross tubes that provide flow paths and... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6161240 | Shock-absorbing cushion Shock absorbing cushion structures are disclosed which are formed by upper and lower sheets peripherally sealed and formed to define a series of intercommunicating air chambers therebetween. In particular there is disclosed a shock absorbing shoe insole o... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6141890 | Sole pad unit with the effects supporting the metatarsal bone and airing and massaging the center of the sole of foot The subject invention is aimed at providing a sole pad unit with the effects of supporting the metatarsal bone and airing and massaging the center of the sole of foot, comprising mainly of a massage block, roughly in an "L" shape, located on the sole pad ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5950332 | Fluid circulating cushioned insole A fluid circulating cushioned insole for a shoe includes a base panel and a top panel. A series of three cavities are molded into the panels including a heel c, an arch cavity and a metatarsal c. Three channels connect the cavities for circulating flow fr... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5216825 | Odor adsorbing contoured support inner sole An odor adsorbing contoured laminate for footwear comprising an upper-most layer of perforated thermoplastic foam (20), a second layer of air permeable, water repellent textile fabric (22), a third layer of odor adsorbent material (24), a fourth partial l... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4888887 | Suction-ventilated shoe system A suction-ventilated shoe system, which has air-exit ports located on the outer surface of said shoe, preferably in the midsole region, is provided. Said suction-ventilated shoe system contains a novel, multivented, suction-operated insole that enables th... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4885849 | Insole An insole includes a top wall and a bottom wall constructed from an air-impervious material. The top and bottom walls are heat-sealed at a durable side wall ridge to form an envelope having a heel, intermediate and front zones. A porous pad is contained w... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4835883 | Ventilated sole shoe construction Shoe construction is set forth effecting ventilation of the sole portion of the shoe. Air external to the shoe is provided access interiorly thereof by means of a conduit directing such air to a sole portion including a plurality of flexible vane elements... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4776109 | Comfort insole for shoes A comfort sole arranged to be mounted in a shoe extends from the heel portion of the shoe to approximately the arch. The sole has a resilient upward curved portion intermediate the sides thereof in the area of the heel portion to form an air chamber betwe... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4776110 | Insole-ventilating shoe An insole-ventilating shoe includes: an insole having an air pumping device formed on a rear portion of the insole having an air guide protruding upwardly to exchange fresh air outside the shoe vamp, and plural ventilating grooves with through holes forme... | 10/11/1988 |
